The VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Configuration Import/Export Tool includes options that you can use to import or export configuration data. You can also use the options to change the delay between retries when importing virtual machine recovery settings, to customize the number of retries, to override the network mappings with the mappings from the XML file, and so on.
Option | Description |
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--export | Required when doing an export. Cannot be used together with --import. |
--exportProperties | Used for exporting data by using a properties file. |
--exportInteractive | Used to start an interactive export with prompts for the required information. |
--importProperties | Required when importing configuration data with a properties file. Cannot be used together with --export. |
--importInteractive | Used to start an interactive import with prompts for the required information. |
--lspp | The Platform Services Controller address. It can be an IP address or FQDN. |
--port <[1, 2147483647]> | The port number for the Lookup Service. The default value is 443. |
--localSrmName | The name of the local Site Recovery Manager Server. Required unless you use --localSrmGuid. |
--localSrmGuid | The guid of the local Site Recovery Manager Server. Required unless you use --localSrmName. |
--localAuthUseKeystore | Used to specify whether to use a Java Keystore (JKS) file to log in to the local site. |
--localAuthCredsUsername | Required when not using JKS. The user name for the local vCenter Server. |
--localAuthCredsPass | Required when not using JKS. The password for the local vCenter Server. |
--localAuthKsType | Used to specify the type of the JKS. The default type is JCEKS. |
--localAuthKsPath | Used to specify the path to the local JKS. |
--localAuthKsPass | Used to specify the JKS password. |
--localAuthKsCertAlias | Used to specify the local solution user certificate alias. |
--localAuthKsKeyAlias | Used to specify the local solution user key alias. |
--localAuthKsKeyPass | Used to specify the local solution user key password. |
--remoteAuthUseKeystore | Use to specify whether to use a Java Keystore file to log in to the remote site. |
--remoteAuthCredsUsername | Required when not using JKS. The password for the remote vCenter Server. |
--remoteAuthCredsPass | Required when not using JKS. The password for the remote vCenter Server. |
--remoteAuthKsType | Used to specify the type of the JKS. The default type is JCEKS. |
--remoteAuthKsPath | Used to specify the path to the remote JKS. |
--remoteAuthKsPass | Used to specify the remote JKS password. |
--remoteAuthKsCertAlias | Used to specify the remote solution user certificate alias. |
--remoteAuthKsKeyAlias | Used to specify the remote solution user key alias. |
--remoteAuthKsKeyPass | Used to specify the remote solution user key password. |
--path | Used for importing data. Path to the previously exported file. |
--delay <[1, 2147483647]> | An integer value for the desired delay between retries in milliseconds when importing recovery settings. The default value is 10000. |
--retries <[1, 2147483647]> | An integer value for the count of the retries when importing recovery settings. The default value is 5. |
--overrideProtectionSettings | Used to override the network mappings.
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--format | Used to make the exported XML file better formatted and human-readable. The --format option significantly increases the file size. |
--exportPath | Path to a directory in which to create the exported file. |